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After spending the last few days looking over the teams that will comprise the Sun Belt in 2013, it’s safe to say that the league won’t be stealing the NBA’s “Where Amazing Happens” slogan any time soon. The conference as a whole has a bit of “Island of Misfit Football Programs” feel to it, with Texas State joining up just as Western Kentucky gets set to head out, with a bunch of other relatively non-descript schools mixed in the middle.
But just because the league itself is going through a bit of transition, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t plenty of talented players who comprise its clubs. Some of the Sun Belt’s stars are former major-program transfers (think David Oku at Arkansas State), others, under the radar recruits who’ve caught the eyes of NFL player personnel directors (Western Kentucky’s Antonio Andrews and Andrew Jackson come to mind), and a few are names that college football fans got to learn last year (like Kolton Browning over at Louisiana-Monroe).
Still, it’s safe to say this league is chalk full of talent.
Here’s CBR’s best guess at the 2013 All-Sun Belt squad.
Offense:
QB: Kolton Browning, senior, Louisiana-Monroe
RB: David Oku, senior, Arkansas State
RB: Antonio Andrews, senior, Western Kentucky
WR: J.D. McKissic, sophomore, Arkansas State
WR: Je’Ron Hamm, senior, Louisiana-Monroe
TE: Jacob Maxwell, senior, Louisiana-Monroe
OL: Josh Allen, senior, Louisiana Monroe
OL: Andrew Huval, senior, Louisiana-Lafayette
OL: Aaron Williams, senior, Arkansas State
OL: Cameron Clemmons, junior, Western Kentucky
OL: Joseph Treadwell, junior, Louisiana-Monroe
Defense:
DL: Ryan Carrethers, senior, Arkansas State
DL: Alex Page, senior, South Alabama
DL: D.J. Yendrey, senior, Texas State
LB: Andrew Jackson, senior, Western Kentucky
LB: Ray Stovall, senior, Louisiana-Monroe
LB: Justin Anderson, senior, Louisiana-Lafayette
LB: Enrique Williams, senior, South Alabama
DB: Jonathan Dowling, junior, Western Kentucky
DB: Isaiah Newsome, senior, Louisiana-Monroe
DB: Tyrell Pearson, junior, South Alabama
DB: Craig Mager, junior, Texas State
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